Sweetiepea

Thank goodness I'm not the only one who feels this way. This last episode made absolutely no sense.

There is nothing, especially for a man, knowing that another man has been intimate with his wife. He will never truly trust her again.

Couldn't have said it better. This is a skip for me. It's amazing how if the woman or man are cheating with an attractive person, then it's okay. The ratings for this drama also sucks. It's has less than 1% viewership. Episode 9 had .6% (that is point six) viewership. I hope it continues to decrease in viewership. A lot of time people cheat is because they are greedy. I say this, if a woman or man with cheat with you, they will cheat on you later.

This is a joke. We never saw SH "on the verge of the verge of the end of his life". We saw HJ on the verge of the end of her life. Why the writer did that never made sense to me that she would want to kill herself over his debts to help him out, but not over the other things that had been done to her---poor writing and logic.

The writer also said in an earlier interview that his character was a bad guy and he had a hard time portraying his character. However I found the reviews at this site very interesting:

http://asianwiki.com/Temptation_(Korean_Drama)

This was written by another poster on Soompi. Poster I123 stated the following and I agreed with her so much that I had to share:

This is the most disturbing drama I have ever seen. I have never been more revolted by fictional characters. SY/SH displayed arrogance, entitlement, greed, betrayal, and a selfish disregard for others until the very end. Where was the repentance and acknowledgement of wrongdoing? The couple owed themselves and those that they hurt recognition and an apology for their misdeeds. This included SY’s family and HJ’s dad. SY’s effort to apologize to HJ was centered around concerns for her own circumstances, her cancer and her inability to have children. She appeared haughty and condescending in her interactions with HJ. In contrast HJ apologized to those she felt she hurt with no personal regard for herself. She is the true heroine.

SY was just a demon and the cutesy talk and tears made her even more unlikable. The anger and disgust while viewing this drama was overwhelming. Clearly the writer/director understood what they are exhibiting. Is this the message we leave with the viewers? Be manipulative, self absorbed, unrepentant and nasty and you shall get what you want to the exclusion of all else. SY/SH’s tears and concerns are for themselves and SH’s pursuit of bringing down MW was based on protecting SH/SY’s own misdeeds.

For me the most unlikable character is SH. He is a delusional, self-righteous, self-serving, opportunist that viewed himself as a humanist and doing no wrong. He was more unethical and ruthless than MW. His spying on MW and accepting illegal tapes from the unethical Lawyer Choi was despicable. I found myself rooting for MW. SH did not take a second to self reflect, had absolutely no growth the entire series and appeared to have slipped into the gates of hell in his unending servitude and dogged devotion to the almighty SY. A love of 10 years vanished in moments for HJ and a coldness, meanness, condescension and dismissiveness remained. The sickening contrast of treatment of the two women was appalling.

Something else in this drama was also unnerving, the demoralization of HJ. There was snobbery toward the non-rich, SH surveying HJ’s father’s apartment, HJ on her knees cleaning the floor and later trudging groceries into the apartment. SH giving her ugly nurses shoes because “he knew her legs would swell “. SY beckoning her to be her nurse and making sure she knew that she was in charge, (telling SH not to take HJ to Seoul and drop her off at the bus stop). What was the writer doing? CALL the woman a cab.

The drama had so many obvious weaknesses.

1. The direction and motivations of the characters. Absolutely no rhyme or reason at any point in time.

2. Crazy events. (Stupid fight scene with MW throwing briefcase with valuable information on the ground) SY’s father in the dark regarding her illness.

3. The underdevelopment of HG and Se Jin’s relationship as a storyline in relation to SY/SH/HJ and their families.

4. SH as a failed small businessman, now dynamic white Knight Businessman allowed to be defacto CEO.

5. Never knowing what HJ’s true interests were, since she chose nursing only because she wanted to help her family.

6. Not showing love and intimate scenes with HJ/MW. He was clearly happy on the couples’ return from their honeymoon.

7. HJ divorced 2 men, no alimony from either man? This made no sense. MW was type of man that would not let HJ go way with nothing whether there was an agreement or not. His Position as a CEO and his love for her would not let him do that.

8. Gimmicky, repetitive love scenes of SH/SY and sappy annoying music

9. Important Secrets, never revealed.

I ask myself. What was this??? I like stories that are intriguing, thought provoking, inspiring, cutting edge, and different. Believe me this story had none of those qualities. It was disjointed and absurd most of the time. It started out as interesting and turned into pure crap and was an ugly message to send to impressionable young people. Falling out of love with your spouse and in love with someone else happens in life but arrogance, betrayal, greed, manipulation, cruelty and a selfish disregard for others are behaviors that should not be glorified.

If I have to explain how the brother betrayed his own sister to help his brother in law who was treating his sister unkindly, then you will never understand. Instead of my brother telling my husband, I understand why you cheated. He would have beat the crap out of him. I don't know of any brother who will do that to his sister.

Did you even watch the drama? MW told the truth about SY that was leaked to the internet. What he did not tell was about the $1M she paid for her boy toy. Actually, you just need to watch the drama and stop fantasizing about the romance. Since the romance didn't interest me nor did I have a tainted opinion of having watched Stairway to Heaven, I was able to truly see the drama itself. I thought the drama One Warm Word did an excellent job of showing how affairs hurt a marriage and the family as a whole. The same with the drama the Fierce Wife. This drama was just a chaotic mess.

If you think cheating is just about sex, then you have no concept of what cheating entails. This man heart was already engaged towards another woman. The last thing to follow would have been his body. No woman wants to be with a man who is thinking of another woman and longing to be with that woman. I don't care if you're in a public place or in a hotel room, if you're doing something that you don't want your wife to know about, then something's wrong with it. Not only that, when they started dating, the first thing he asked as a pick me up for her was to take her for a bike ride. It was the writer's way of showing that's when the emotional involvement started. When in episode 20 they were thinking back on their romance, the clips they showed and were their time together when SH was a married man. You can say it how you want and believe what you like to, but this is my point of view and I think I'm picking up on the points the writer tried to make.

SH fell for SY's money first, but then went to Brazil where he thought of her every day. Before leaving to go to Brazil, he gave her a back hug telling her to wait for him. Partly because the divorce wouldn't be finalized until 30 or 60 days. The minute he's back in the country he wants to sleep with her. Also, the characters themselves they were wrong--not sure why you're trying to argue a point they already conceded. More telling than that. The ACTOR who played the role of SH said in an interview that his character was a bad person, he was a bad guy. He had a hard time trying to portray a person like him. The actress playing SY said that her character broke up a happy marriage. She wanted to seduce the husband.

So what is the point you're trying to make when the Actors who have to portray their own characters make statements like that? Also, SH never denied that he cheated on HJ. Emotional cheating and telling another woman that you like her when you're a married man is a form of cheating.

At this point. Let's agree to disagree.

Agree about personal taste. Regardless, those ratings are official that are listed at Koreandrama.org and Temptation came in last among the 3 dramas you listed.

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Did MW tell a lie? I thought it was crazy that the writer had MW tell that story. HJ could have done it herself in her divorce decree. She could have told what SY did to the media. Do you think anyone would believe that SY and SH didn't sleep together after she paid him 100 times more than you would pay an attorney for the entire year? She didn't pay for his work, she paid for him. SH didn't do enough work in 3 days to earn that money. She also stipulated that he couldn't contact his wife. The first thing she asks him to do is take her for a bike ride. He refused, but in the he took her on a date. Again, SH accepted the job with the intentions of sleeping with her. That's what SY wanted not only him to think, but also his wife. Hence when she told him the nature of their "deal", she didn't want him telling this to his wife.

SY saw the way SH cared for HJ and she wanted it for herself. She then kept looking at the shoes that HJ wore. She wanted to walk in her shoes. Later we see her trying on those same shoes while fantasizing. Then we see her wearing those shoes to meet SH. At the end, SY tries to give those shoes back to HJ because she now had SH but she can't have children. Thankfully, HJ turned them down in a very classy fashion. She's been classy the entire time. Along with the shoes she wanted, not only can she not have children, but she also has a death sentence hanging over her head. SY has acknowledged her guilt, so I'm not sure what you're basing your argument on.

Actually Temptation came in last. It had fallen as far back as 20th position by the 19th episode. It then moved to 11th position on the very last episode, it didn't have really good ratings. It also never came close to Fated to love you. Fated to love you beat Temptation. Nor did it beat Joseon Shooter.

I suggest you look at the ratings for all dramas at Koreandrama.org. It will show the percentage of viewership and where they placed over all.

As for me, I liked both the Taiwanese version of Fated to Love you and the Korean version. However, the chemistry between the actors in the Korean version put any chemistry between the actors of Temptation to shame. Their chemistry didn't even come close. With SH and SY, they were always stiff and frozen when they hug as they recited their lines---so unnatural. You can say want you won't about just not liking the drama, but you can't take away the smoking hot chemistry between the leads in Fated to Love you and It's Okay, That's Love.

It wasn't just assumptions, she's known this man for 10 years. She knew he had feelings for this woman. Also, SH lied to her about his where bouts. He was sneaking around seeing SY and texting her behind her back. When you have to sneak and do something, that spells guilt. However the most telling, if SH loved his wife, no matter how much SY came on to him, he would have remained faithful to his wife. Look how many times SY pushed SH away and he kept coming back and begging her to tell him things and trust him-----she never did. The difference, SH didn't want to be with HJ, but wasn't man enough to say it. Instead he rather just think about SY and keep her in his heart. What woman wants a man like that? No one. The writer wrote SH with no character and that's a shame. I really wanted to like the actor in this drama after Top Medial Team, but this is another big flop for me. I'll give his next work a pass. He needs help picking scripts.

Why is HJ the problem, because she leaked part of the truth about what SY did? If SY is angry and ashamed, it's her actions that made her that way. She was okay when no one knew what she had done, but when the wife told part of the story, she begin to shake in fear at the dinner table because she knew her actions were wrong. I'm angry with HJ for not telling the whole sordid detail and walking away from the whole dinner party and moving on with her life. However, the writer made her this way to justify a relationship with SY and SH. No real woman would have jumped into a marriage with MW after what she had just gone through. However, the writer couldn't write a convincing story that would have given SY and SH relationship validity. Instead of a story about true love, it's a story about love being bought wit money. You can try to dress it up all you want and blame the wife for not trusting a man who gave her every reason to not trust him, but this is poor writing with an awful message for women.

He also tried to give some payback to SY by giving her cancer. Not only cancer, but cancer that spread to other organs---meaning she's going to die. So she's going to have a slow painful death. However, that's not what the HJ shippers wanted. They wanted her to get a little payback and to be a little more humble. I guess that won't come until she, with all her pride has to wear a waste bag on the outside of her body as they continue to remove more of her intestine. I guess that's the time with SH will also suffer. The only thing the HJ shippers wanted was for HJ to be happy after being married to a money hungry loser.

If she loved the man, then yes. He would have only been gone to jail for a year. It would have showed him to be a man of some worth to come back and rebuild his life. We have real, true life examples of people who have done just that. However, SH was too weak to even try--he had to sell himself.

Did she ever tell her father the reason she divorced or the fact that he was paid $1M by another woman to stay with him or 3 days? Does SY sister knows that it was her sister that broke up her boyfriend's sister marriage? Did SH not accept the proposal with SY thinking that he had to sleep with her? Did SY purposely tell SH that he couldn't contact his wife--for the purpose of HJ getting the wrong impression? Did SY not call out to SH so his wife could hear her voice over the phone so she would know he's with her--because she already made it known to the wife that she wanted her husband? Did SY not tell her best friend when she wanted to find her a man, that she already had a man--SH who was still married to HJ? Also, didn't SH started sneaking around behind his wife's back to be with SY? Didn't he tell HJ that he had couldn't stop thinking about SY--even when he was sleeping in bed with HJ. Did he not take SY out on a date for a bike ride? Isn't that something that became a special bond to their relationship later--riding a bike together?

Yes it appears you were watching a very different drama.

Maybe before she changed her appearance. I think this is the real her now.

In I hear your voice, she had one scene where she was crying where I thought it was academy worthy acting. Then I saw her in Big Man and I thought "What the Heck?" I realized she can only play one character. She's the same in every drama. There was absolutely no chemistry between her and the lead actor. Jung So Min had hot chemistry with the lead actor. Actually, she out act Lee Da Hee to the point that I felt she should have been the lead. It appears they even started cutting down Jung So Min roles because she was outshining the lead. There were several interviews to market the show where JSM wasn't in attendance but the other three leads were.

He needs to start picking his drama more wisely. Lately, he hasn't played in anything that I like him in. I really hated his character in Temptation. HATED it with a passion. I can't find any energy to see him in anything else after that.